Karen Hunt of the department says that's when all hell broke loose: Villarreal allegedly hit her frenemy with a bat and, to make matters worse, the bf then allegedly opened fire on the victim's brother.

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The bro took a blast to the face and was said to be in critical condition. However, Jodi Miller of the San Berdoo sheriff's told the Weekly that the man has since been stabilized at a hospital and "was able to speak to detectives" recently.

L.A. Weekly staff writer Dennis Romero has worked on staff at several magazines and newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times, where he participated in Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the L.A. riots. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone online, the Guardian, and, as a young stringer, the New York Times.